1Pathology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2Pathology Unit, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, VR, Italy
3Innate Lymphoid Cells Unit, Immunology Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
4Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, University of Torino at San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Italy
5Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine (DIMI), University of Verona and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
6Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University of Verona and Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
7Pathology Unit, Verona University Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy
8Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
9Pathology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
10Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
11Laboratories of General Pathology and Immunology “Giovanna Tosi”, Department of Medicine and Technological Innovation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
12Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, VR, Italy
13Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
14IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Metropolitana (AOM), Genova, Italy
15Tumor Immunology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
*Correspondence: Enrico Munari, enrico_munari@yahoo.it; enrico.munari@aovr.veneto.it
†These authors have contributed equally to this work
Roles
Giulia Querzoli: Writing – original draft
Giuseppe Bogina: Writing – original draft
Marcella Marconi: Writing – review & editing
Nicola Tumino: Writing – review & editing
Paola Vacca: Writing – review & editing
Luisella Righi: Writing – review & editing
Sara Pilotto: Writing – review & editing
Anna Caliò: Writing – review & editing
Luca Cima: Writing – review & editing
Stefano Gobbo: Writing – review & editing
Matthew J Cecchini: Writing – review & editing
Gaetano Paolino: Writing – review & editing
Francesco Ciompi: Writing – review & editing
Roberto S Accolla: Writing – review & editing
Aldo Scarpa: Writing – review & editing
Gianluigi Lunardi: Writing – review & editing
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Lorenzo Moretta: Writing – review & editing
Giuseppe Zamboni: Writing – review & editing
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